Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Boeing will end F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production in 2027, citing no new export wins, Navy priorities for the sixth-gen...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary (Published on 9/20/2025 at 8:00 AM) – Born from the failure of the F-111B, the F-14 Tomcat gave U.S. carriers...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Ohio-class SSGNs were a post–Cold War judo move: convert four surplus ballistic-missile submarines into covert cruise-missile and special-operations...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary (Published On 9/19/2025 10:59 AM) – The eight-ship Wasp-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) succeeded Tarawa as the Navy–Marine Corps sea...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – America’s Casablanca-class escort aircraft carriers were WWII’s most numerous flattops: 55 “Jeep” carriers mass-produced by Henry Kaiser’s yards to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Navy’s Arleigh Burke-Class Flight III Destroyers were conceived after plans for a new cruiser died, leaving a gap...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The “Improved” Los Angeles–class—known as the 688I—was the Navy’s decisive answer to late–Cold War threats and post–Cold War strike...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Despite continual F-35C upgrades (Block 4 weapons, better coatings, AI-ready computing), a new F/A-XX is operationally justified. -However, at...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is the U.S. Navy’s specialized Seawolf-class attack submarine, built with a 100-foot Multi-Mission Platform and...